填空题 A knowledge of differences between cultures in an ever-shrinking globalized
world are becoming one of the essential skills that modern "citizens of 81.______
the world" need to possess in order to work and learn effectively.
At a superficial level this involves know about food or body taboos. 82.______
For example, some cultures don't eat meat, cows can be sacred, the
head must not be touched. But while it is important to know about
these things, if this is what your intercultural knowledge stops, 83.______
you'll still end up offending people or misunderstood. 84.______
More important than superficial behavior is the value system of
a culture. The cultural aware individual needs to have not only a 85.______
knowledge of publicly visible behaviors and stating beliefs, but also 86.______
an awareness of the underlain value system of cultures that shape 87.______
those behaviors and stated beliefs.
Of course, these belief systems can be very different from one's
own, and it's not very easy to label other people's behaviors and beliefs 88.______
as strange. It is more difficult to accept that one's own ways of behaving, 89.______
which seem perfectly normal, can be seen as strange and even rude in
another culture. But if one tries to observe one's own culture objectively 90.______
and have an understanding of why other cultures do things differently,
it is inevitable that cultural mistakes will be made.